MiniMax-Text Base on MMLU-Pro: score, rank and what it means
MiniMax-Text Base scores 77.1 on MMLU-Pro, placing it #273 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on MMLU-Pro, with MiniMax-Text Base highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On MMLU-Pro, MiniMax-Text Base sits at #273 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 91.6, so the gap to the top is 14.5 points. The median model in this index scores 76.1, which puts MiniMax-Text Base above the midpoint.
MiniMax models average 72.7 on this benchmark. MiniMax-Text Base is 4.4 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average MiniMax model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 80.0. MiniMax-Text Base is 2.9 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 77.1 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $3.66 per million input tokens, MiniMax-Text Base is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on MMLU-Pro. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixtral | Mistral AI | 65536 | $3.48 | 73.7 |
| Yi-Lightning Chat | 01.AI | 32768 | $3.79 | 75.5 |
| Nemotron 4 Chat | NVIDIA | 65536 | $3.99 | 75.0 |
| Nova Lite Max | Amazon | 200000 | $9.79 | 73.4 |
| MiniMax-Text Base | MiniMax | 128000 | $3.66 | 74.9 |
| Yi-Large | 01.AI | 32768 | $3.40 | 73.5 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 Mini | Anthropic | 16384 | $8.76 | 71.6 |
Other benchmarks for MiniMax-Text Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 68.4 | 307 | 49th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 62.2 | 276 | 54th | |
| HumanEval | 79.9 | 236 | 61th | |
| MATH-500 | 79.6 | 219 | 64th | |
| AIME 2025 | 73.6 | 195 | 68th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 68.0 | 226 | 62th | |
| IFEval | 82.8 | 250 | 58th | |
| TruthfulQA | 75.7 | 316 | 47th | |
| HellaSwag | 86.2 | 209 | 65th | |
| MMMU | 70.1 | 299 | 50th | |
| Arena Elo | 1373.6 | 304 | 49th |
FAQ
What score does MiniMax-Text Base get on MMLU-Pro?
MiniMax-Text Base scores 77.1 on MMLU-Pro in this index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the top score is 91.6.
How does MiniMax-Text Base rank on MMLU-Pro?
It ranks #273 of 600 models, in the 55th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Is MiniMax-Text Base good at MMLU-Pro?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the MMLU-Pro score calculated?
MMLU-Pro is a knowledge benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does MiniMax-Text Base cost?
MiniMax-Text Base costs $3.66 per million input tokens and $19.71 per million output tokens.